Staircase finally done! You can also see an interior wall with the trim on it and the space for a window. The wall sets off the entryway/battery-room. It will let light into the space under the steps.
The steps....they were planned as ending at the post. Uh...bit short. And a bit steep. But SO PRETTY! I love the look but don't know if they will work long term. He didn't hook them to the floor, which is good. I can remove the attachments at the top and remove the steps if I need to.
There is thick wallpaper stuff (not the glue-back kind, just some scraps he had) to protect the steps so you can't see them, but they are live edge blue pine too. So...awkward and steeper than I want, but gorgeous and probably workable if I'm willing to back down them like they are a ladder rather than walk down them like they are stairs. We will see. I will wait until I'm all ok'd and permitted and moved in to worry about that. The loft is officially storage not a living space so a ladder would be legal.
This is the wall between the sleeping area and the bathroom. With trim. The bottom trim looks pretty but leaves those dust gathering gaps. This is why I asked if the metal hooking the wall to the ground would be painted brown like the brackets. Nope. So, he used the trim, which is lovely, to cover that up. It's on with a few finish nails so I can pull it off easily if it doesn't work for me. Or lift it a bit to leave a little gap so dust can be vaccuumed out.
I had the builder sign the big beam, the guys who worked on it too. He had a brand he'd never used so he put it on. When I got home there was a fire going in an old tire rim...I asked if they were opening a hobo camp! It was to heat up the branding iron. Funny.
The builder had also named some of the chickens and as we were talking, one of the roosters did his job on a hen RIGHT behind the builder who just pretended it wasn't happening. I yelled at the chickens to rent a room.
Anyway, here he is putting the brand on the beam. He was happy to do it.